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Embattled Lindows.com, which has been wrestling in the courts for two years with Microsoft over trademark issues, on Wednesday changed the name of its Linux desktop operating system from LindowsOS
April 15, 2004

"A name is just a tool," concluded Kusnetzky. "With the tool Lindows was using, it got a certain amount of awareness and attention. But what's more important going forward is how that tool is utilized, how they're going to market themselves from here.

"With the proper marketing, it's possible to make any name stick."

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